he resigned after a government -- after a government scandal in that gym for eternity. now reports of even more taxpayers' dollars going to waste in washington. that's coming up. >> shepard: endangered species of a spider which frankly nobody has seen more than three decades has put a stop to a 15-million-dollar construction project. a biologist discovered one of these spiders. one of them a baracken bat cave mesh weaver when a hole opened in the middle of a highway project in san an tone glow. expert consulting for the texas department of transportation compared to find stumbling upon a new galapagos employees island. not -- island. including commuters when if ever they will restart the project. casey stegall live in our texas newsroom. what's so special about this spider. >> shepard, scientists thought it was perhapsics ticket. then the arrack -- turned up in the cave. by himself. only about the size of a dime. has no eyes. so why you ask all this fuss over our eight legged friend? >> every animal has a place somewhere in the ecosystem. there is no telling about this